Eldar Guardians

It's been a little while since I've posted. Painting has slowed a bit but I still have a backlog of photos to share. This is one of them.

I started painting these guys ages ago but only finished them in April. I have a masochistic streak so every gem that wasn't on the gun was painted as a gem. I am beginning to regret this approach as I have a lot of infantry still to paint. Sadly, there is no going back now.

Different angle of the second group.

 

Given these are just rank and file, I didn't want to do 20 close up shots, so I just picked a couple of the more interesting ones. 

There's still the weapon platforms to do. When I get them finished and get a HQ done up (that farseer does not actually belong to my army), I'll do a family photo of the whole lot.

Until next time, happy painting! 

Orcs (Orruks)

I had the pleasure of painting some of the new swamp orc characters. When they first came out I wasn't a fan. I felt the sculpts deviated too much from the original, cartoonish, fantasy orcs I grew up with and love. I still do, but the new orcs have grown on me a little, and these were fun to paint in almost exclusively oils.

Anyway, hope you like 'em.

Until next time, happy painting! 

Ghosties Part 4: Banshees

I've been working on a quick and effective way to paint my ethereals and I think I've cracked it. Compared to my previous versions, these came out much more vibrant and with better contrast, while still being quick and easy to actually paint.

These were painted using oils (phthalo blue, lemon yellow, and white) over a blue undercoat with a turquoise zenithal(ish) highlight (the paints were Molotow petrol and turquoise). My main problems were that I wasn't quite patient enough to let everything dry enough to apply the final highlights of white (which would have helped me get sharper lines, I think), and I thought I could get away without painting the bases a different colour after the zenithal turquoise undercoat. The former I will probably make again, the latter I hope I will not. Covering up the turquoise with greys and browns was not easy.

Until next time, happy painting!